Confection apparatus



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Application filed A'pril 13, 1923 Serial No. 631,871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN PARCELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Confection Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in confectioners machines and has as one of its objects to provide a device for melting pure, refined cane sugar" within a vessel, open at the top to receive additional quantities, subjecting the same to any preferredtype of heater under control of the operator.

Another purpose is to provide a heating vessel having a plurality of narrow slits in the periphery of its enlarged bottom portion, through which the melted sugar is thrown out in fine ribbon-like strips, forming a fluffy floss resembling light snow in its appearance, upon imparting a rapid rotary motion to the vessel. 7

A further aim is in the provision of means for obtaining such rotary means that the melted sugar is moved outwardly by centrifugal effect.

These several objects are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the invention as arranged for both power and hand operation and provided with a self-contained heating means.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the same.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken in a planeindicated by the line 33 of Figure 1. V

Figure 4 isan enlarged side elevational view of the melting pot and associated ele ments.

Figure 5 is a plan view of an electric heater which may be substituted for the other heater shown.'

Describing the structure in detail, a platform 10 serves as the foundation for two or more substantially Z-shaped brackets 11 supporting a stationary pan 12 having an open top bottom 13, the same having a central opening 14 from the edge of which rises the wall 15 of a hollow cylinder to about half of the height of the pan.

and converging side walls joined to the Bolted to the inner converging ends of the brackets 11, is a disc 16, disposed within.

the bottom of the cylinder 15 and having a downwardly extending hub 17.

Fixed on the platform 10 in register with the hub 17 is a step bearing 18 in which is mounted a vertical shaft 19, passing through the hub 17 to a point above the edge of the cylinder 15,'where it enters and is rigidly engaged in a recess in the hub 20 of another disc 21 having a downturned annular flange 22extending into the cylinder 15 and 'rotatable therein.

Removably secured tov the disc 21, by

screws 23 is a circular. washer like plate 24 having a depending annular-flange 25 fixed in a recess in the flange 22v and containing a circumferential row: of closely adjacent vertical slots 26 alternatingly long and short in length and ten to fifteen thousandths in width. i

Integral with the plate 24 is araised hollow cylinder 27 extending above the upper edge of the pan 12 and having an inturned 30 flange 28 enframing the opening 29. r

The thin annular space 30 between the elements 21 and 24 constitutes a melting pot, fed through the opening 29 and it will be seen that this pot can shaft 19. This shaft may be driven by means of a motor 31, the driving pulley 82 of which has trained over it a belt 33, quarter turned and running over a pulley 34 fixed on the shaft as best seen in Figure 2.

Formed with the pulley 34 is a bevel pinion 35 meshing with a mating gear 36 fixed on a spindle 37, journalled in a bracket 38 be rotated by the 85 secured to the platform'lO, the spindle hav-- 9 ing at its opposite end a pulley 39 driven by a belt 40 running over a hand wheel 41 provided with an extending handle 42 for manual operation, the wheel being revolubly inounted on a bracket 43 fixed on orm.

Thus either drive may be used alone or Y the hand drive used to supplement the power of the motor at required times and it is obvious that a foot power attachment might 105 also be used.

The speed'of the melting pot is about five hundred revolutions per minute, this forcing the melting sugar out through the slits 26 by centrifugal force in a satisfactory manner, the product being disposed loosely in the pan 12 and gathered from there as desired.

the plat- Heat-may be appliedto the melting pot in avariety of ways, as for instance a gas burner 43 disposed in the cylindrical space 44, above the disc 16 directly below the pot, the burner being fed by gas entering through a pipe 45, said pipe leading from a Y fitting branch 46 having an inlet 47 controlled by a valve 48.

The inlet 47 leads from a mixing chamber 49 controlled by a valve 50 and fed by a pipe 51 from a gasoline tank 52, attached to I the pan 12 and supported on the platform 10, the communicating pipe 51 having a control valve 53 andthe tank is supplied with an inlet 54.

If it be preferred ordinary illuminating gas may be used, in which case it is entered through the pipe 55, controlled by the cook '56 prior to entering the branch 4-6 of the Y.

As shown in Figures 4 and 5 an alternative heating means may be used, consisting of an electric heater 57 held below the pots by supports 58, the heater having terminals 59 by which attachment is made to a source of electric. energy, as the circuit containing the motor 31.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a comprehensive machine for accomplishing its purpose has been described, including several means for its actuation and application of heat, but it is to be understood that other analogous devices of performing equivalent functions may be used without departing from the general scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention and set forth the manner of its application and use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is a A floss candy machine comprising a platform, a pan fixed to extend thereabove, a sectional melting pot having a. removable upper portion, a vertical shaft supported on said platform, said shaft carrying said pot, a motor on said platform for drivingsaid shaft, a gasoline tank on said platform secured to said pan, a burner below said pot, means for controllably conducting the gasoline to enter said heater, and a series of narrow elongated vertical slots in the wall of said pot opening to said pan, said slots alternating in length whereby floss strands of varying width are extruded.

In witness whereof I haveaffixed my signature.

JOHN PARCELL. 

